title: Post-malaria neurological syndrome: a rare manifestation of common disease.
abstract: Several systemic and neurological complications can occur with Plasmodium falciparum malaria, of which cerebral malaria is well known and is the most serious. Rarely, patients may suffer a neurological disorder that occurs after complete recovery from P. falciparum infection, an entity known as post-malaria neurological syndrome (PMNS). It is a rare and transient clinical syndrome in which patients with symptomatic malaria infection, after parasitic clearance from the peripheral blood, develop neurological symptoms within 2 months of recovery. We report a case of PMNS manifesting as bilateral common peroneal nerve palsy leading to foot drop.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, GB Pant Hospital, Delhi University, Academic Block, JLN Marg, New Delhi 110002, India. nayakdrrajeev79@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nayak
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D020427:Peroneal Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Plasmodium falciparum; Post-malaria neurological syndrome; cerebral malaria; foot drop; neurological manifestation of malaria